TSA agents will soon be paid but it may not mean immediate relief at airport security lines
ravelers wait in long security checkpoint lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Friday, March 27, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J.
Phillip) 2026-03-28T15:41:07Z With spring break in full swing, airline passengers continued to wait it out at major U.S. airports after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers aimed at alleviating long security lines.
Trump’s executive order on Friday instructed the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA officers immediately, although it’s unclear when the impact of that move will start to be felt at airports.
The signing came at a busy travel time of the year, with spring breaks at school districts and colleges and the upcoming Passover and Easter holidays.
What’s the current situation on the ground?
Some of the busiest airports in the United States continued to ask travelers to arrive hours before their departure time in order to get through security lines.
Baltimore-Washington International Airport officials posted Sunday morning that checkpoint wait times have improved from Saturday but “remain longer than normal.” They continue to recommend that passengers hours ahead of their flight, along with airports such as Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia and LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
Maryland Gov.
Wes Moore said in a post on X Saturday evening that more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were also being deployed to BWI to assist at TSA security checkpoints to “speed up the clearance process for passengers — not immigration enforcement.” When will TSA employees be paid?
White House border czar Tom Homan told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that he hopes Transportation Security Administration agents will be paid by Monday or Tuesday , as a partial government shutdown continues to wreak havoc on the nation’s airports. “It’s good news because these TSA officers are struggling,” Homan said. “They can’t feed their families or pay their rent.
Your heart goes out to them because they’re sitting there right now, working very hard and not being paid by members of the Congress who are on vacation and getting paid.
It’s ridiculous.” Asked if the deployment of ICE agents at airports will end once TSA officers get paid, Homan said that depends upon how many TSA employees would be returning to work. “God bless men and women of ICE,” Homan said. “They’re doing a job.
They’re plugging those holes.
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